Why it works: Spirit and wine work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 701 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓
Tincture of Hops
Ingredients
Directions
Combine hops and spirit of wine in a jar.
Let the mixture digest for 7 days.
Strain the mixture before use.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Spirit + winetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together701 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
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Hops + winetop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-methylguaiacol (smoky, spicy).
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Hops + spirittop 46% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together0 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
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